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I didn't think this article was very good at all, I've read all this before.

These are just Stallman's exact ideas rehashed under hotwords like Snowden & SaaS...

I'd usually try not to whine but I'm not even sure if the quotes they use are from the talk or from years ago.

Probably both. Like a lot of other speakers, Stallman has a few canned speeches. He asks the organizers which one they want, and he gives it. It probably evolves over time, but the differences are minor.

The issues Stallman talks about have not changed much over the last 20 years, so his speeches haven't either.

I attended this talk and he spoke about Snowden/SaaS for like maybe 5% of the total talk time. Misleading article indeed.

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